Utopia Can Not Exist

Utopia Can Not Exist

"People should not be afraid of the government, governments should be afraid of their people"

When Evey and V were discussing the whole reasoning behind V's idea to blow up parliament, V said this quote to justify his action. In the dystopian society that Evey and V live in, their governemnt is so powerful that people fear it and follow its rules. In our country, people have a say in the government unlike in V for Vendetta. Because of this, our governemnt is more likely to be afraid of the people rather than its people afraid of their government.

Sonnet

We are trapped in doors all day

Held hostage in our room

I can hardly wait to get away

From all the rules and gloom

They make it seem like a crime

When I simply leave to get food

If it happens one more time

Officer Lockhart says I’m screwed

Why is it a big deal

To go get food for a bit

When all I did was buy a meal

Instead of eating the schools $#!%

I think most students would agree

That changing this rule would make us all happy

A Dystopian Reality

The United States is the world’s most financially successful country. It is a place where people are “free” and opportunities lurk almost everywhere. However, we have been brainwashed to believe all of this and in reality there are several striking similarities between our country and a dystopian-like society.

In a recently published article titled “5 ways the Hunger Games is More Realistic than you think”, the authors explain how this movie resembles our lives. “There are a lot of similarities between Panem and the world we live in today. In the U.S. the gap between the upper and lower classes is growing wider; we’re seeing conditions similar to those that have caused young adults to bring radical change to countries around the world, and to the conditions that threaten to start a revolution in the Hunger Games”, said Idee Winfield(Winfiled et al).

The top one percent of the wealthiest Americans hold about 35% of all the wealth and 80% of the people have about 11% of the wealth. This is also similar to 1984 because the Proles who make up 85% of the population live in slums similar to people in poverty.

In today’s society, we idolize celebrities in a similar way to the Hunger Games as a distraction to what is really happening to our country. We are not focusing on real issues such as debt, jobs and the sustainability of the Earth’s environment. “If you look around and see how pervasive reality TV is in our lives, how frequently we make celebrities out of nothing, you will notice that distraction is everywhere”, said Winfield(Winfiled et al).

The unlawful immigration of others to the USA to provide services for rich people is another dystopian like example. We have employed cheap labor from other countries to help wealthy US citizens with specific household labor tasks.

We are at a place in our history where citizens worry about the honesty and integrity of their government leaders. Have they been honest? Do they monitor our activities? Are they taxing us for the right reasons?

Genetic engineering examples were practiced by Hitler and describe a superior society of human beings. There are bioengineering examples today of the possibility of crossing different species to create an entirely new Frankenstein type individual or food that is the total opposite of the peaceful co-existence found in a Utopian world.

The world of democracy would indicate that legislators have term limits, which are determined by elections. The reality is that senators and house members can pay their way to be re -elected instead of earning their way by votes.

The reality is that a Utopian situation will never exist because by definition it is a perfect world and we know that the world can never be perfect. There will always be people who try to find ways to deceive the system and create opportunities for themselves and who do not care about others. We need to continue to develop processes which prevent bad things from happening (like Hitler) but that do not limit the creativity of mankind.

The American Reformation

When

Wednesday, March 4th 2020 at 10am

Where

Washington, D.C., DC, United States

Washington, DC

More information

A large gathering outside of the White House will be held as a final attempt to change the government peacefully. We live in a demoocracy, however the past 5 years has been more like a totalitarian take-over. People are advised to show up prior to 10:00 AM as there will be a singing of the national anthem beginning at 10:05, followed by a speech asking for change in the direction that our government is heading.

"Brother Where You Bound" by Supertramp

The song “Brother Where you Bound” by Supertramp has several links to George Orwell’s 1984. For example, the irony of the name of the song is that it relates to the “Brotherhood” in 1984. The Brotherhood is the legend of an opposing party working to overthrow Oceania’s totalitarian government. Throughout the song, it references the day to day life in a dystopian society, especially similar to Oceania. At the beginning of the song the lyrics go:

And you don't know what they're gonna do,

And you don't know how they feel,

And you don't know what tellin' you

Is it a lie or is it real

Winston is constantly aware that a party member could be watching him. Although O’Brien gets the best of Winston in the end, Winston had suspicions all along that he was actually a member of the party. O’Brien pretended to be a link to the Brotherhood which gave Winston hope to trust him. This led to Winston’s eventual arrest. The next reference in the song lyrics go:

And the message they giving you

Is the same old alibi

If you don't quite see their point of view

Then they treat you like a spy

This relates to how Party members are constantly trying to capture those who are not in support of the Party. It also represents how to Party members were lying and changing the history to make it how they wanted it so the people would not know the truth.

Lyrics

There's a red cloud hanging over usAnd it's so big and it's gonna burstAll you people with your heads in the groundHey brother, where you bound?

And no good and everywhereTry to tell you, but you just don't careyes i hear you but you don't make a soundHey brother, where you bound?Hey brother, where you bound?

And you don't know what they're gonna doAnd you don't know how they feelAnd you don't know what tellin' youIs it a lie or is it realAnd the message that giving youIs the same old alibiIf you don't quite see their point of viewThen they treat you like a spyAnd the next thing that you know isThat they walk out on the deal

And the phone rings and you disappearIn the middle of the night

Can't you see they're on the moveDon't know what you're trying to proveBut you sit there oh so coolLike they never broke no rules

And the cat flies and the crow walksAnd the ghost dies and the sow talksAnd they tell us that they'll be as good as goldB'lieve nothing that you're toldHey brother, where's your soul?

Make a move in one directionTry to make some compromiseBut they greet you with rejectionMakin' out you're tellin' liesThen they turn around and tell youBetter get down from the sky

For the sake of all that's holyListen good to what I sayI can feel them all around meThey could be here any dayBut you act like you don't know meWhy d' you look at me that way

If there's one thing that is clearWe gotta get away from hereWe've gotta leave this placeIt's just a hopeless caseAin't no one else to blameWe're gonna lose this game

Hey brother get off my backI gotta tell you, you're way off the trackThey got a hatred deep down insideAin't gonna let them take me aliveI'm gonna burn them down, just wait and seeAin't gonna let them walk over meyou ain't got no heart and soulAnd your mind is weak and your blood's runnin' cold

You better move, you better hideThey're gettin' in, they're gettin' insideIf you get caught you better knowThey're gonna reap, you're gonna sowDon't be a fool, we gotta goAin't no place safe for us to stayWe better move on, we better move on

How Apple Products make our Society a Dystopia

In our world today, technology has never been so prevalent. In the last decade especially, technological advances are at a constant rate. This is all due to the way Apple has marketed and changed the way consumers react to products. Every few months or so, Apple releases a new product. One hundred percent of the time, consumers react the same exact way. They feel like they have to have whatever the new thing is. People often judge others based on whether or not they have the newest Iphone. This is where the dystopian aspect of this comes in. The concept of Apple is worshipped by society and has become impossible to live without.